Hand in Your Pocket: Wage Thieves Fleece American Workers

Apparently, fucking us over with low wages isn't enough for these greedy bastards.

Wage Thieves are the Real Bandits

We’ve seen the locked up merchandise (often personal care items) at our local grocer or drug store. We’ve seen movies and TV shows featuring thieves pulling off the big heist. We’ve bought security systems and cameras for our homes to prevent porch pirates from swiping our parcels and burglars from breaking in. And, if we’re to believe corporate media and corporate politicians, there’s a masked criminal waiting around every street corner waiting to mug us for our lunch money.

The thieves that steal the most are much less interesting. The same stuffed suit greedy assholes who pay us shit wages that don’t keep up with the cost of living also have their grimy hands in our pockets. Wage theft, the practice of employers illegally withholding wages from workers, costs American workers $50 billion annually. That FIFTY FUCKING BILLION DOLLARS is more than three times as much as all other property crimes combined.

How They Pick Our Pockets

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